For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time  – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
• Fully revised and updated, including discussions of supportive care of children with cancer and psychosocial aspects of care.
• New chapters on Precision Medicine and Systems Biology; Health Equity and Disparities in Pediatric and Adolescent/Young Adult Oncology; Transfusion Medicine; Neoplastic Hematopathology; Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis; and more.
• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
• Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.
• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.

Contents

۱. Coagulation overview
۲. Developmental erythropoiesis
۳. Sickle cell syndromes
۴. Intrinsic and extrinsic red blood cell defects
۵. Thalassemias
۶. Nutritional anemia
۷. Granulocytes
۸. Disorders of platelets
۹. Bone marrow failure syndromes
۱۰. Hematological manifestations of systemic disease
۱۱. Epidemiology
۱۲. Principles of chemotherapy
۱۳. Principles of immunotherapy
۱۴. Precision medicine and systems biology
۱۵. Predisposition syndromes
۱۶. Health equity and disparities in pediatric and adolescent/young adult oncology
۱۷. Clinical emergencies in children with cancer
۱۸. Transfusion medicine
۱۹. Pediatric radiation oncology
۲۰. Principles of infectious disease and management of febrile neutropenia
۲۱. Neoplastic hematopathology
۲۲. Pediatric solid tumors pathology
۲۳. Molecular pathology
۲۴. Survivorship and late effects
۲۵. Integrative therapies
۲۶. Palliative Care
۲۷. An overview of the Emotional and educational needs of children with hematological and oncological conditions
۲۸. Global health issues in pediatric oncology
۲۹. Principles of pediatric surgical oncology
۳۰. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
۳۱. Acute myeloid leukemia
۳۲. Chronic myeloid leukemia/other leukemia
۳۳. Soft tissue sarcomas
۳۴. Bone tumors
۳۵. Neuroblastoma
۳۶. Hepatic tumors
۳۷. Kidney tumors in children and adolescents
۳۸. Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents
۳۹. Non-hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents
۴۰. Neuro-Oncology
۴۱. Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
۴۲. Retinoblastoma
۴۳. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
۴۴. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
۴۵. Principles and practice of pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation
۴۶. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for children and young adults
۴۷. Car-T cells: expanding the universe of immunotherapy in children with malignant diseases
۴۸. Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies and other diseases
۴۹. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for malignant disorders
۵۰. Stem cell transplantation for children with nonmalignant disorders
۵۱. Complications associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in children